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JOHN HENRY MCREE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1939 – July 28, 1966
Service recordJohn Henry McRee, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 83
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 24, 1939
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 83
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- JIMMY DEVER BACCUSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.